Belfast Day Trip from Dublin

Discover the capital of Northern Ireland on the Belfast Day Trip from Dublin! Combining guided tours with independent sightseeing, you'll gain an understanding of Northern Ireland's complex and fascinating history. Visit the historical town of Dundrum, a Norman castle, and the resting place of Ireland's patron saint.

Highlights

Day trip (destination A to B)

All entrance fees included

Excellent value for money

Get inside tips from a local

Great overview and orientation of the city

Perfect introduction for first-time visitors

Starting from a central Dublin location, your day trip departs early to beat the traffic on the drive north to Belfast.

In the mid-morning, you’ll enter Northern Ireland and reach Belfast, the country’s capital city. Here you will have a guided coach tour of Belfast City, where you'll be shown the Belfast peace walls that act as peace lines between the Catholic and Protestant communities. Look out for the wall murals that tell stories of community disputes from both sides of the fence.

After a light-hearted introduction into the perils of Belfast politics, you’ll have approximately two hours to spend at leisure, and your guide will happily offer directions to recommended lunch spots. Suggested Belfast attractions for you to see include Belfast Cathedral (also known as St Anne’s Cathedral), or the landmark site of Belfast City Hall on Donegal Square.

Continue your tour to East Belfast, where you’ll visit the Harland and Wolff dry docks. It was here that the doomed Titanic ship was designed and built.

Following this, you will begin your drive back towards Dublin, stopping in Downpatrick to visit the Saint Patrick Centre and take a short walk to the Down Cathedral to learn about the patron saint of Ireland.

Your Belfast Day trip will continue south through County Down. You will stop at Dundrum where you will have a chance to visit the ruins of the famous Norman castle and admire the views. Following this, you will pass through the Mourne Mountains, an area of outstanding natural beauty, where you will have views of Slieve Donard, the highest peak in Northern Ireland. You will also have a chance to experience gravity hill, where vehicles appear to roll uphill due to an optical illusion created by the surrounding landscape.

Infants are welcome, provided that customers bring their own safety seats

Wheelchair accessible

Voucher Info:

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
What's this?

Local Operator Information:

Complete Operator information, including local telephone numbers at your destination, are included on your Confirmation Voucher. Our Product Managers select only the most experienced and reliable operators in each destination, removing the guesswork for you, and ensuring your peace of mind.

Traveler Reviews

This was my favorite part of my visit to the Emerald Isle. I was highly Impressed with our tour guide's knowledge and friendly attitude.

Reviewed by: Amanda R, June 2015

Joey was our guide and he is amazing. Joey is a wealth of knowledge and is nonstop entertainment. The tour was very moving with all of the history of the murals and political distress in Ireland. I wish there was time to actually go in the titanic attraction. However, overall very wonderful day.